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Jury awards $200,000 to Mexican tourist in Aurora ‘fart police’ lawsuit (www.denverpost.com)

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The officers also tried to warn residents that a police dog named Loki was present, but their attempts to do so in Spanish were nonsensical, according to court records.

“Pedo policía pedo la madera,” officers repeatedly said, which a translator later found meant, “Fart police, fart the wood.”

Eventually, the officers entered the home and arrested the man they were looking for. After that man’s arrest, the officers entered the bedroom where Guerrero-Salmeron was and commanded the police dog to bite the man. The dog bit Guerrero-Salmeron, who was unarmed, on the arm for about 15 seconds as he held up his tourist visa and ID.

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In all fairness, I don't speak Spanish, but the other comments here are breaking it down pretty clearly, that the officers spoke some really piss poor Spanish.

As far as police dogs, different dogs and even different dog breeds are trained exclusively for specific tasks...

Violent Perpetrator Pursuit (Often German Shepard)
On The Run Perpetrator (Often Bloodhound)
Missing Person or Corpse Sniffing (Also Often Bloodhound)
Drug Sniffing Dogs
Bomb Sniffing Dogs

I'm no full expert on this, but I do know for a fact that they train different police dogs for specific tasks, and often (but not always) train specific exact breeds for specific tasks.

Still, dog in Spanish is perro, not that other word they said...

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

If they didn't roll the R right, I can see hearing "pehdo"